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Title: Pearl Buck collection
Dates: 1923-2000
Bulk Dates: 1923-1968
Collection number: D2003.1
Creator:
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker),
1892-1973
Collector:
Van de Water, Gordon
Collection Size:
6 boxes
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Ella Strong Denison Library.
Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: The collection contains letters written by Pearl Buck, her passport
from 1967, articles written by or about Pearl Buck, movie lobby cards and other movie
memorabilia relating to Pearl Buck books, photographs, and Pearl Buck memorabilia, such as First
Day Covers and figurines.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Collection open for research.
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special
Collections.
[Identification of item], Pearl Buck collection. Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College.
Gift of Gordon Van de Water, 2003
Biography / Administrative History
Pearl Buck (1892-1973) was reared in China by her missionary parents and later taught in a
Chinese university. Her first book to reach a wide audience was The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer
Prize), describing the struggles of a Chinese peasant and his slave wife. Sons (1932) and A
House Divided (1935) followed; the trilogy was published as The House of Earth (1935). Among her
later works are short stories, novels (including five under the pseudonym John Sedges), and an
autobiography. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
Excerpted from Britannica Encyclopedia Online, http://search.eb.com/ebc/article-9358201,
September 11, 2007
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains letters written by Pearl Buck, her passport from 1967, articles
written by or about Pearl Buck, movie lobby cards and other movie memorabilia relating to Pearl
Buck books, photographs, and Pearl Buck memorabilia, such as First Day Covers and figurines.
The collection is organized into 9 series:
- Series 1: Articles about or related to Pearl S. Buck
- Series 2: Book Reviews of Pearl S. Buck works
- Series 3: Fiction articles by Pearl S. Buck
- Series 4: Nonfiction articles by Pearl S. Buck
- Series 5: Motion picture materials
- Series 6: Correspondence
- Series 7: General Topics
- Series 8: Images of Pearl S. Buck
- Series 9: Pearl S. Buck Memorabilia
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism
Denison Library also has a Pearl Buck book and periodical collection, donated by Gordon
Van de Water in 2003.